Note: The following is one of a series of columns about early shipping in Georgia and Bulloch County. The Savannah Line sold the Dessoug and converted the City of Macon and City of Birmingham ships to cargo-only. It next purchased the Plant Line's La Grande Duchesse and renamed her the second City of Savannah.
Bulloch History with Roger Allen: Savannah Line sees rapid expansion in its fleet of ships
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